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12 serving the Community through the administration of justiCetissue Blocks & slides - further use or disposalThe tissue blocks and slides will be stored by the Pathologiston behalf of the Coroner until the Coroner’s investigation iscompleted and the Coroner decides that they no longer needto be retained.The Royal College of Pathologists recommends that tissueblocks and slides form part of the medical pathology recordsand that they should be retained in case they need to bereviewed at a later time. If they are retained, access to themwill be strictly controlled and they will not be used for anypurpose without your permission.If however you request the release of the tissue blocks andslides, and the Coroner agrees, you can choose:• for the blocks, slides, and samples for genetic testingto be retained for future use ie. the wellbeing of futurepersons (including family members), education andtraining of health care professionals and, if suitable,research approved by an ethics committee;• for the tissue blocks and slides to be returned to youthrough your funeral director. It will be the family’sresponsibility to arrange a separate cremation or burialfor these. This means it may not be possible to have thecase fully reviewed or seek a second opinion at a laterdate. If family choice is collection of organs/tissues bya funeral director and this does not take place within 3months of contact the hospital will inform the CLO whowill clarify arrangements with the family.• for the Coroner to authorise disposal of the tissueblocks and slides in a lawful and respectful way by thepathologist.
Coroners Postmortem examination - information for relatives 13This leaflet is provided to give you information on a Coroner’spostmortem examination but if you have further questions onthis or on any of the work of the Coroner you should speakto the Coroners Liaison Officer or the staff in the CoronersOffice.useful Contact numbersFor further information on the work of the Coroners Servicefor Northern Ireland please contactCoroners Service for Northern IrelandMays Chambers73 May StreetBelfast BT1 3JLTel: 028 9044 6800Fax: 028 9044 6801E-mail: coronersoffice@courtsni.gov.ukNorthern Ireland Regional Forensic Mortuary: 028 9024 7271This leaflet is produced by the Northern Ireland Courts andTribunal Service in partnership with:• The Department of Health Social Services and PublicSafety• The State Pathologist's Department
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